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Second boxer dies from brain injury after Tokyo event
BBC ^
Posted on 08/10/2025 9:19:10 AM PDT by BenLurkin
A second Japanese boxer has died from a brain injury suffered at an event in Tokyo.
Hiromasa Urakawa, 28, died on Saturday after he was beaten via knockout in the eighth round of his fight with Yoji Saito on 2 August.
It follows the death of Shigetoshi Kotari on Friday from injuries sustained during a separate bout on the same card at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall.
Both boxers underwent surgery for subdural haematoma - a condition where blood collects between the skull and the brain.
The World Boxing Organisation (WBO) said, external it "mourns the passing of Japanese boxer Hiromasa Urakawa, who tragically succumbed to injuries sustained during his fight against Yoji Saito".
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posted on
08/10/2025 9:19:10 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
I used to box. Explains a lot.
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posted on
08/10/2025 9:21:38 AM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
To: BenLurkin
Was these two deaths cases where the referee did not stop the fight soon enough?
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posted on
08/10/2025 9:22:08 AM PDT
by
jimtorr
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/10/2025 9:23:44 AM PDT
by
nwrep
To: BenLurkin
They using thinner gloves? Ref’s not stopping matches soon enough? Trainers not noticing their boxer is in trouble?
This is absolutely nuts.
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posted on
08/10/2025 9:36:33 AM PDT
by
vpintheak
(Screw the ChiComms! America first!)
To: BenLurkin
Oh, no. There goes Tokyo.
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posted on
08/10/2025 9:37:43 AM PDT
by
Libloather
(Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
To: BenLurkin
Heartbreaking. So sorry for the families.
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posted on
08/10/2025 9:42:19 AM PDT
by
mairdie
To: Sirius Lee
Surely, you can’t be serious.
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posted on
08/10/2025 9:45:35 AM PDT
by
Mr. Lucky
To: Mr. Lucky
Surely, you can’t be serious.Not anymore. Dain bramaged.
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posted on
08/10/2025 9:50:54 AM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
To: BenLurkin
Brass knuckles taped up inside gloves?
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posted on
08/10/2025 10:04:28 AM PDT
by
fso301
To: vpintheak
They using thinner gloves? Ref’s not stopping matches soon enough? Trainers not noticing their boxer is in trouble? This is absolutely nuts. My thoughts as well.
Are the Refs reluctant to call standing eight counts? Are the Refs or the ringside doctor reluctant to call a TKO?
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posted on
08/10/2025 10:09:24 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Sirius Lee; DainBramage
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posted on
08/10/2025 10:35:43 AM PDT
by
null and void
(We are living through the greatest of all ICE Ages.)
To: Yo-Yo
Years ago, I saw Muhammad Ali riding on a parade float. It was obvious this once great man was being used as a prop. It was obvious also that he was brain damaged. Boxing does that over time. I've never been fond of the sport for that reason.
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posted on
08/10/2025 10:36:59 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(The politicized state destroys many aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
To: BenLurkin
Geez how would that feel to do to a man in a sporting match? Makes me think of John Wayne's scene where he's a top boxer and he kills a man in the ring, breaking him and serving as the catalyst for him to run back to his ancestral home of Ireland to try to forget.
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posted on
08/10/2025 11:04:02 AM PDT
by
pepsi_junkie
("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
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